From circuits to behaviour in the amygdala
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Janak, Patricia H.
Tye, Kay
Date Issued
January 2015
Journal
Nature
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Nature Publishing Group
Citation
Janak, Patricia H., and Kay M. Tye. “From Circuits to Behaviour in the Amygdala.” Nature 517, no. 7534 (January 14, 2015): 284–292.
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
The amygdala has long been associated with emotion and motivation, playing an essential part in processing both fearful and rewarding environmental stimuli. How can a single structure be crucial for such different functions? With recent technological advances that allow for causal investigations of specific neural circuit elements, we can now begin to map the complex anatomical connections of the amygdala onto behavioural function. Understanding how the amygdala contributes to a wide array of behaviours requires the study of distinct amygdala circuits.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
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https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14188
